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| 2006-07-12 |
| Long before 9/11, jailer Louis Pepe was savaged by a terrorist, but he refused to yield. Severely disabled, he has had to fight for assistance. Long, sad and infuriating... |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #8 LATimes: "we sacrifice credibility and readership (and corporate profits) for our agenda" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-07-12 21:32 |
| #7 "Is the LA Times trying to be more patriotic now days?" Only if they can make political capital from it. |
| Posted by: Fordesque 2006-07-12 21:00 |
| #6 Now that's the El Lay Times |
| Posted by: Bobby 2006-07-12 15:55 |
| #5 The slant of the story, that Mr. Pepe has somehow been financially let down, is somewhat misleading. He gets disability of 2/3 of his old salary. He has a free $2,800/month apartment, which has space for his mother, in a highly desirable neighborhood. He got a new van in return for his old clunker. His attacker got 32 years in Supermax with no parole. I'm not trying to disparage the formidable challenge of living with a severe brain injury. I'm saying the article unjustly implies that Mr. Pepe has been forgotten and mistreated by his neighbors and his government. |
| Posted by: pudftpcc 2006-07-12 12:16 |
| #4 Wow. Just wow. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-07-12 10:09 |
| #3 WTF? Is the LA Times trying to be more patriotic now days? |
| Posted by: Glomosh Jinesing1688 2006-07-12 09:56 |
| #2 At Supermax ol Salim will suffer a fate worse than death. One thing this war has shown is the compassion Americans have for each other. Now that his story is out it won't take long before someone with means will see to his needs. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-07-12 09:20 |
| #1 He arrived at the hospital with the knife's black handle still jutting from his eye, quivering. "Louis refused to be carried out," recalled his sister, Eileen Trotta. "He wanted to walk out to show the terrorists that we won, meaning the U.S.A., and that he did not give up." |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-07-12 08:43 |